- The injured persons were rushed to the General Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, while the deceased were taken to the hospital mortuary for further procedures
Early Sunday morning, a tragic accident at Ososa Junction on Ijebu-ode-Ore Expressway resulted in the death of five people, leaving one person injured while two others escaped unhurt.
The collision involved an unmarked Mack truck and an unregistered Honda Accord.
As Florence Okpe, spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, said, preliminary investigations suggest that the accident occurred due to unwarranted exceeding of the limit.
Honda Accord, resulting in a collision with the truck.
The injured were taken to Ijebu-Ode General Hospital, while the deceased was taken to the hospital mortuary for further treatment.
The statement reads in part: “The fatal accident occurred early this morning around 6:09 a.m., involving two vehicles, a Mack truck and a Honda Accord car without a license plate.
“In total eight people were involved, seven male adults and one female adult.
One person was injured and five people died, four male adults and one female adults, while two people remained uninjured.
“The suspected causes of the accident are speeding and a wrong turn on the side of the Honda car and having a side collision with a truck.
“The injured victim was taken to the Ijebu-ode General Hospital and the bodies were deposited in the mortuary of the same hospital.”
The Ogun FRSC Sector Commander, Anthony Uga, however, described the disaster as very avoidable if care was taken.
Uga, while reacting to the accident, advised motorists to stop making quick turns on the highway and instead use the appropriate intersection or turning point.
He sympathized with the families of the victims and advised them to contact the Ijebu-Ode FRSC Command for more information on the disaster.
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